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5. WE CANNOT ASSESS HOW ACCURATE THIS REPORT IS. BUT YOU WILL UNDERSTAND OUR CONCERN, SHOULD IT BE TRUE, AND THE EXTREMELY DAMAGING EFFECT, WHETHER OR NOT IT IS TRUE, THAT SUCH INFORMATION WOULD HAVE LOCALLY IF IT LEAKED OUT. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, I THINK IT WOULD BE MOST UNWISE FOR HONG KONG TO PURSUE THE QUESTION BILATERALLY IN BRUSSELS WITHOUT FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH
YOU. AS CATER AND HO WILL SHORTLY BE TRAVELLING TO WASHINGTON VIA LONDON (MY TELEGRAM NO.839 TO YOU), I THINK IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL IF THEY TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY OF DISCUSSING THIS QUESTION
WHILE PASSING THROUGH.
FCO PASS ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
NORMAN-WALKER
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC & POLITICAL DISTRIBUTION
HKD
EID (1)
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION FRAME
COPY TO:
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE,
54 PALL MALL
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